Financial Contrast: GSV (OTCMKTS:GSVI) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY)

GSV (OTCMKTS:GSVI) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NYSE:BBBY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.3% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.7% of GSV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for GSV and Bed Bath & Beyond, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GSV	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bed Bath & Beyond	2	3	2	0	2.00

Bed Bath & Beyond has a consensus target price of $10.20, suggesting a potential upside of 72.68%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bed Bath & Beyond is more favorable than GSV.

Profitability

This table compares GSV and Bed Bath & Beyond’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GSV	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bed Bath & Beyond	-13.50%	-57.26%	-23.83%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GSV and Bed Bath & Beyond”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GSV	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bed Bath & Beyond	$1.07 billion	0.38	-$258.80 million	($2.81)	-2.10

GSV has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bed Bath & Beyond.

Summary

Bed Bath & Beyond beats GSV on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GSV

GSV, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company. It operates oil and gas wells in Louisiana; and oil and gas prospects in Texas. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Westport, Connecticut.

About Bed Bath & Beyond

Beyond, Inc. operates as an online retailer of furniture and home furnishings products in the United States and Canada. The company offers furniture, bedding and bath, patio and outdoor gear, area rugs, tabletop and cookware, décor, storage and organization, small appliances, home improvement, and other products under the Bed Bath & Beyond brand. The company provides its products and services through its e-commerce platform accessible through its mobile application, which includes bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, and overstockgovernment.com. It also offers businesses advertising products or services on its website; Marketplace, a service that allows its partners to sell their products through third party sites; product sales to international customers using third party logistics providers; and Supplier Oasis, a singular integration point that enables partners to manage their products, inventory, and sales channels, as well as access multi-channel fulfillment services through its distribution network. The company was formerly known as Overstock.com, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond, Inc. in November 2023. Beyond, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Midvale, Utah.